In a report from Athlon, coaches from around the league evaluate their opponents:
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/pac-12-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2019
"Even with Herbert it’s not that old Oregon offense. They were a little predictable last year and it hurt them. They need to find a feature running back, they never really found anyone who could do what Royce Freeman did, not even by committee, and they have to replace Dillon Mitchell. They ran their whole pass game through that kid."
"It’s still really early to call these guys a playoff team or a conference champion, even. It’s not impossible at all, they just have plug a lot of these young guys in right away for that to happen. But you can ride a hot quarterback a long ways."
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/pac-12-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2019
"Even with Herbert it’s not that old Oregon offense. They were a little predictable last year and it hurt them. They need to find a feature running back, they never really found anyone who could do what Royce Freeman did, not even by committee, and they have to replace Dillon Mitchell. They ran their whole pass game through that kid."
"It’s still really early to call these guys a playoff team or a conference champion, even. It’s not impossible at all, they just have plug a lot of these young guys in right away for that to happen. But you can ride a hot quarterback a long ways."
